Boulder Reporting Lab

11/14/2025

As Boulder has grown and the craft beer industry has shifted, Twisted Pine has survived by evolving with its customers and staying local.

11/14/2025

More than $2 million in federal cuts threaten CU Boulder’s foreign language, area studies and programs that help migrant students, part of a nationwide rollback of diversity and international education funding.

Programs saw more than $2 million in federal cuts, part of a nationwide rollback of diversity and international education funding.

11/14/2025

OPINION: Saving Iris Fields is a blueprint for community agency in Boulder.

"My experience is proof that you don’t have to accept the window-dressing version of 'public comment period.' You can design the process as much as the outcome."

I helped lead the push to save Iris Fields. What mattered most wasn’t the outcome. It was proving how Boulder residents can reclaim agency and rewrite the process.

11/13/2025

Boulder County posts staff recommendation backing The Academy’s plan to preserve Iris Fields after Boulder Reporting Lab story on competing bids spurred a wave of public reaction.

Boulder County posts staff recommendation backing The Academy’s plan to preserve Iris Fields after Boulder Reporting Lab story prompts public reaction.

11/12/2025

A local coalition supports a senior living developer’s proposal to save the beloved ballfields. A competing bid would eliminate them entirely.

A local coalition supports a senior living developer’s proposal to save the beloved fields. A competing bid would eliminate them entirely.

11/12/2025

The Museum of Boulder’s new exhibit celebrates the people and stories that made Boulder a food capital — from tofu pioneers to Michelin chefs.

Also in Nibbles: roasted piñons, a new cocktail bar, camel milk, and holiday food events.

New Museum of Boulder exhibit, plus roasted piñons, a new cocktail bar, Longmont camel milk and holiday food events across the county.

11/10/2025

Boulder City Council has approved an $11-per-square-foot fee on home demolitions and large rebuilds to boost affordable housing funds. The policy targets tear-downs that replace modest homes with luxury builds.

A city study found scrape-and-rebuild projects remove relatively affordable homes from the market and increase demand for affordable housing for workers.

11/10/2025

OPINION: “Progressive-backed candidates often start behind with the first results and climb steadily as later ballots are counted,” writes Brian Keegan on Boulder’s election patterns and what they reveal about local politics.

Why do progressive candidates in Boulder always seem to come from behind on election night only to surge ahead? A data model offers clues.

11/10/2025

Boulder has opted out of Colorado’s new graywater reuse law — at least for now. City council passed a two-year ban, citing lack of readiness to manage systems that reuse sink and shower water.

City says it needs more time to prepare for graywater systems; critics say the ban conflicts with Boulder’s sustainability goals.

11/10/2025

Before the Pearl Street Mall, Broadway was Boulder’s bohemian strip — home to Octopus Waterbeds, Carnival Café and other colorful spots. Silvia Pettem looks back at the 1960s–'70s shops that defined a bygone downtown.

A look back at the eclectic shops, counterculture cafés and shifting streetscapes that defined a bygone era of downtown Boulder.

11/07/2025

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a crowd on the Pearl Street Mall, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree murder.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at a crowd on the Pearl Street Mall.

11/07/2025

Xcel has executed or reached settlements with more than 2,000 of 4,000 plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the Marshall Fire, and are trying to distribute funds by the end of the year.

The utility has executed or reached settlements with more than 2,000 plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the 2021 Marshall Fire.